Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder

86 reviews

crybaby_chloe's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I feel there are a lot of great moments in this book but I was left wanting more development. I felt confused by the relationship between the main character and her husband. This is the point, I think, but I just felt that the lack of fleshing out the husband's character made me confused about some of the main character's motivations or decisions relating to him. I also felt that I needed more of a conclusion for the plotline

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about Wanda White. I didn't need an explicit answer about who she was but I felt that this thread got tied up too quickly and I was left wanting more.

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Overall, I enjoyed the book, but felt more interested in certain parts / themes than others. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Gore

Moderate: Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal death, and Violence

Minor: Toxic relationship

siriface's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, and Animal death

gondorgirl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Violence, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, and Sexual content

seawarrior's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

5.0

Nightbitch is a story of pent-up frustration, wolfish hunger, and fierce love. Yoder's protagonist is complicated by her seemingly perfect surroundings and wrathful loneliness, and is a woman who is not altogether miserable or satisfied. She learns to lean in to her animal instincts and to revel in the wildness and brutality of raising a tiny human ripped from her own body and blood. This may be the book with the most amount of quotes I've ever highlighted. I adored Yoder's use of language and her protagonist's unfeigned self-expression. This is a layered, nuanced, and humorous tale of a woman asserting her power, one that ends with a triumphant understanding that underneath our civilities, we are animals with a natural and savage inclinations to love ourselves and our own. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Violence and Blood

Minor: Sexual content

yafi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Body horror

Moderate: Confinement, Violence, Sexual content, Gore, Misogyny, Self harm, Blood, and Child abuse

aliyachaudhry's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Drug use, Gore, Cursing, Sexism, Violence, and Animal death

Moderate: Alcohol, Sexual content, and Excrement

applejuiceinabox's review against another edition

dark funny inspiring mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Grief, Misogyny, Animal cruelty, Pregnancy, Violence, Blood, Body horror, and Gore

frischow's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Violence

virtualdragonkitty's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Feral, bloody and unholy. A story you can sink your teeth into. The novel follows the mother dealing with the isolation of being a sahm, disconnected from her passion and purpose, slowly turning into a dog.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Grief, Blood, Violence, and Animal death

peckreadsbooks's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Pregnancy